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Stalin becomes Leader of the Soviet Union
He became leader after Lenins death in 1924.
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Hitler wrote Mien Kampf
Although it is thought of as been 'written' by Hitler, Mein Kampf is not a book in the usual sense. Hitler never actually sat down and pecked at the typewritter or wrote longhand, but instead dictated it to Rufdolf Hess pacing around his prision cell and later at a inn at Berchtesgaden. -
Hitler became Chancellor of Germany
In the hope of creating a stable goverment, the elderly president Hidenburg agreed on making Hitler the chancellor of Germany. -
Hitler becomes president of Germany
Hindenburg finally died and in the following days Hitler announced new laws and then on August 19th, about 95% of registered voters in Germany went to the polls and gave Hitler 38 million votes of approval. Thus Hitler could claim he was the Führer of the German nation.
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Neutrality Act Passed
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Italy invades Ethopia
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Hitler sends troops into Rhineland
Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact by sending German military forces into the Rhineland and demilitarized zone along the Rhine river in western Germany.
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The Spanish Civil War
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Japan invades Eastern China
A military conflict fought between the Republic of China and the empire of Japan Germany helped China and the Chinese won. -
Anschluss
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Germany annexes Sudetenland
Nazi Germany, Great Britian, France and Italy signed an agreement that allowed the Nazis to annex the Sudetenland, a region of Czechoslovakia that was home to many ethnic Germans. -
Kristallnacht
Shards of broken glass from Jewish stores because their windows were broken because they were Jewish and the military looked the other way.
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Germany takes the rest of Czechslovakia
Hitlers forces invade and occupy the rest of Czechslovikia- a nation sacrificed on the alter of the Munich Pact, which was a vain attempt to prevent Germany's imperial aims. -
Hitler and Stalin sign non-Agressive Pact
The Soviet Union surprised the world by signing the German-Soviet Nonagreesion Pact, in which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next ten years. -
Germany invades Poland
Germany forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-invades-poland
